Still Using the Performance of a Hundred Puppets? Times Have Changed! Take This Sage Technique!

The Shinobi World.

In a forest, the once lush vegetation is now shrouded by an evil force.

A thick fog filled the space, obscuring visibility and adding to the eeriness of the place.

Thick, sturdy trees grew wildly, their twisted branches resembling ferocious tentacles, spreading madly in all directions.

Hanging among these branches are numerous white figures—a large number of White Zetsu.

Their once empty, puppet-like expressions were now filled with struggle.

Its white body twisted and deformed under the entanglement of branches, like prey trapped in an invisible net, struggling desperately but unable to break free.

Those branches, as if alive, were deeply embedded in White Zetsu's body, constantly drawing life from them.

The White Zetsu's bodies began to shrivel, and gray-black lines appeared on their white skin, like plants that had been drained of water.

They occasionally let out a few low, hoarse roars, echoing through the misty forest, filled with endless pain and despair.

As time passed, the White Zetsu struggled less and less, their breaths grew weaker and weaker. Gradually, their bodies were completely entangled in the branches, becoming nutrients needed for the trees' growth. The forest returned to its seemingly peaceful state, with only the occasional swaying branches silently telling the story of what had just happened.

At the edge of the forest, Sasori of the Red Sands stood silently, his iconic puppet shell Hiruko, gleaming with a cold luster in the dim light.

Sasori's gaze, peering through the holes in Hiruko's eyes, was fixed intently on the depths of the forest. He muttered to himself, "Hidan's been in there for so long, why is there still no sign of him?"

"If he's supposed to be immortal, surely he wouldn't be completely silent? Could it be that this idiot got lost?"

After a moment's thought, Sasori of the Red Sands piloted Hiruko into the forest.

Wherever Hiruko went, the fallen leaves rustled underfoot, the sound particularly jarring in the silent forest.

As they ventured deeper, Scorpion began to see fragmented white limbs, and his heart tightened, causing him to quicken his pace.

When Sasori finally witnessed the tragic scene of the White Zetsu entangled in tree branches and reduced to nutrients, he couldn't help but gasp.

This!

This!

This is so artistic!

However, this is the art of death, not the art of Eternity and explosion.

"Oi".

A light, cheerful voice rang out above Sasori of the Red Sands's head. Sasori looked up and saw Uchiha Yu staring at him with his Mangekyō Sharingan.

"It's you!"

Sasori rarely lost in his life. The two battles he remembered most were the battle with Konan, which led him to join the Akatsuki, and the encounter that allowed Uchiha Yu to escape.

Last time we parted, Scorpion got really angry.

Letting Konoha Ninja escape right under their noses, especially the son of White Fang of Konoha, made Sasori so angry that he lost his appetite and didn't even want to take care of his puppets. This was all Uchiha Yu's doing, and this is the result of his actions.

"I never expected Konoha would send you to lead the charge."

"What a pity, what a pity." Hiruko's strange voice continued, Sasori of the Red Sands smiled, "Last time I invaded Konoha, I didn't have many opportunities to fight you, but now I finally have the chance to kill you."

"Oh?" Uchiha Yu, hanging upside down in the tree, raised an eyebrow. "You think Deva Path Pain is inferior to you?"

Sasori of the Red Sands emerged from Hiruko, seemingly preparing to activate his Human Puppet form. "It's only a matter of time before that guy kills you, and I can definitely kill you."

It had only been a few months since they last parted ways, and Sasori didn't believe that someone could grow to such an exaggerated extent in half a year. "Speaking of which, did you take care of that idiot Hidan?"

Uchiha Yu nodded, "Yeah! It was taken care of very easily. I bet you're not much better off."

"Arrogant!"

Before Sasori could make a move, Uchiha Yu first.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" The fireball swept through the forest, setting it ablaze. Hiruko's outer shell twisted and deformed in the flames, and Sasori's true form leaped out of the charred puppet, his pale fingers tearing open the Sealing Scroll on his chest.

The sound of Iron Sand rubbing together drowned out the crackling of burning. The Third Kazekage Puppet hovered behind the scorpion, and the pitch-black Iron Sand transformed into a pyramid suspended in mid-air. The setting sun refracted a cold, venomous light onto the surface of the Iron Sand.

"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Drizzle!" The moment Sasori's Chakra Threads trembled, the shrill sound of the Iron Sand Senbon Rending Void caused the rubble within a hundred meters to tremble.

Yu's Sharingan captured the trajectory of each Senbon, and his hands moved with lightning speed to form the Zi-Wu-Yin seal!

This is!

The Second Hokage recently taught him the improved Water Dragon Bullet!

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!" A water dragon condensed behind Uchiha Yu, spiraling upwards and deflecting all the Iron Sand Senbon. Uchiha Yu leaped up on the water dragon, his right fist wrapped in Armament Haki, and charged towards the Kazekage puppet!

Sasori manipulated the Third Kazekage Puppet to raise triangular, cylindrical, and conical Iron Sand to block, but the moment Uchiha's fist touched the Iron Sand, the Iron Sand was forcefully shattered! The condensed shape of the Iron Sand began to disintegrate at the point where Uchiha Yu landed, scattering all over the ground!

"Bang!" The Iron Sand exploded into a rain of Iron Sand, and the flying Iron Sand sparked. Scorpion's body was thrown thirty meters away by the Havok. The moment his regeneration core was exposed, he hid behind the Kazekage Puppet again.

Yu landed amidst the scattered Iron Sand fragments, flicking the smoking Iron Filings off his fist. "Maybe we shouldn't bring out this kind of toy."

"Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!" Sasori's roar was hoarse, like metal rubbing together, and the Cosmic Cube exploded into an iron prison composed of countless spikes.

Yu chuckled lightly, and the Flying Thunder God Kunai from his sleeve precisely nailed to the seam of the Kazekage Shadow Puppet's body.

The moment the Iron Sand spikes closed, Yu's figure vanished into thin air!

"Too slow." Uchiha Yu's knee slammed heavily into the chest of the Kazekage puppet, the steel-cast body caved in with an exaggerated arc, and crashed into the rock wall!

Along with the scorpion behind the Kazekage Shadow Puppet, it was also smashed away!

When Sasori stood up from the pile of rubble, the core components of the Third Kazekage Puppet were scattered all over the ground.

He wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, Sealing Scroll unfurled behind him. "I never expected to be forced to this extent."

Sasori of the Red Sands's regeneration core burst forth with blinding Bloody Light, Sealing Scroll opened!

Hundreds of red-clad puppets appeared, seemingly summoned by spirits!

This isn't over yet!

He tore open the last Heavenly Fire Scroll, raised his hands, and aimed the flamethrower at Uchiha Yu!

Seeing Sasori's response, Uchiha Yu couldn't help but shake his head. "My lord, times have changed."

"Scroll - Flame Prison Formation!"

A fire wave with a diameter of 100 meters suddenly engulfed half of the battlefield!

Uchiha Yu's black hair danced wildly in the Heat Wave, and the moment his hands were clasped together, Natural Energy spread from the corners of his eyes to his entire body!

As the first Performance of a Hundred Puppets broke through the wall of fire, a thousand-meter-tall Thousand-Armed Kannon of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara rose behind Uchiha Yu! Its thousand Golden Light arms stretched out like a peacock's tail!

"To lose face in front of everyone is my ninja way!"

"Celestial Technique!"

"Come to welcome Thousand-Hand Strike!"

The Kannon Statue's fist unleashed a tangible wave of energy, instantly blasting the ten puppets in the front row into a rain of wood chips.

Sasori's Chakra Threads were torn in pieces, the sound of breaking like the mournful cry of a broken pipa string.

Ten flying puppets attempted to flank and launch a sneak attack, but were crushed into iron discs by three hundred Buddha hands that suddenly emerged from the void, and the gear fragments vaporized into blue smoke in the Golden Light.

The scorpion's puppet horde was forced back by the meat grinder made of Buddha's hands. The remaining twenty puppets tried to form a defensive formation, but were pressed into the ground a hundred meters deep by the Kannon Statue.

The entire battlefield collapsed as if struck by a meteorite. The Havok ripped away all the rock layers within a radius of a kilometer. The scorpion's body bounced among the rubble like a rag doll, and its regeneration core shell cracked with spiderweb patterns. It was a terrible sight!

"This... this is impossible! This is impossible!" Sasori coughed up the puppet oil, his trembling fingers tugging at the last sixty Chakra Threads. The remaining sixty puppets formed a suicide charge formation, but were frozen in mid-air by the Vacuum Wave generated by the Buddha's Hands clasped together!

Suddenly, the Kannon Statue Sharingan, and a thousand arms transformed into a golden torrent that poured down!

"Boom!"

The continuous bombardment lasted for a full ten seconds!

When the smoke and dust were blown away by the strong wind, only a meteorite crater with a diameter of 100 meters remained in the center of the battlefield!

Scattered all around were the remains of puppets, hammered into thin metal sheets. Scorpion had only one puppet eye left, staring blankly at the crater above.

The last thing Sasori of the Red Sands saw was Uchiha Yu standing on the fingertips of Guanyin, looking down at him.

Those eyes, swirling with Golden Tomoe, reflected the dawn that mortals could never reach.

Scorpion suddenly recalled a sentence that the Heavenly Dao had casually uttered, which was now being vividly demonstrated in this enemy.

Kami!

To become part of this world.

God!

Inside the dimly lit stronghold, the atmosphere was so heavy it was almost suffocating.

Deva Path Pain, hovered in mid-air with a blank expression, emanating an invisible sense of oppression.

Obito stood to the side, only able to see the Sharingan through the mask gleaming with a cold light.

"The communication between Sasori and Hidan has been lost." A deep voice broke the silence, White Zetsu, who was in charge of intelligence transmission, slowly emerged from the shadows, his voice carrying a hint of barely concealed fear.

Upon hearing Deva Path Pain frowned slightly, a barely perceptible fluctuation flashing across his signature Rinnegan. "Interrupted? What happened?"

Obito his arms, leaned forward slightly, and asked in a tone full of doubt and shock, "How long has it been? They've lost contact? Hidan is immortal, and Sasori is a powerful puppeteer. What happened to them?"

Konan bit her lower lip lightly, her eyes revealing worry. "It seems that the situation ahead is far more complicated than we imagined."

At this moment, the White Zetsu hurriedly recounted the intelligence gathered from the front lines in detail. "According to the reply from my lurking clone nearby, it is Uchiha Yu. He has mastered extremely powerful Ninjutsu, capable of defeating Sasori and Hidan in a very short time. The power of that Ninjutsu is astonishing, and the surrounding forest has been completely destroyed."

Upon hearing the name "Uchiha Yu," Obito's body trembled slightly, and a complex expression flashed in his Sharingan.

Deva Path Pain speaking, "Uchiha Yu... I didn't expect him to grow so quickly."

Everyone fell into deep thought, and for a moment, the stronghold was so quiet that only the soft breathing of each other could be heard.

After a long while, Obito raised his head, a resolute glint in his eyes. "I propose that we bypass the location guarded by Uchiha Yu and concentrate our forces to attack Konoha. As for Uchiha Yu, we can send the Sunagakure troops there to delay him. Once Konoha is invaded by us, even if Uchiha Yu is difficult to deal with, he will not be able to turn the tide."

Deva Path Pain slightly, agreeing with Obito's suggestion, "It seems that Uchiha Yu must be eliminated. His abilities are troublesome and cannot be killed in a short time. In order to achieve our plan, this is the only way."

"Shiri! Go and inform the Sunagakure forces to arrange for troops to proceed to the designated location as soon as possible!"

Konan nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll take care of it right away."

After saying that, she transformed into countless pieces of paper and quickly disappeared from the spot.

Obito gazed in the direction Konan had left, then looked at Deva Path Pain, and whispered, "I hope everything goes smoothly as we expect. Uchiha Yu, he's just a minor episode in our plan after all."

Deva Path Pain did not respond; he simply hovered there silently, his Rinnegan gazing into the distance.

Konan could fly, and before long, she arrived at the Sunagakure camp.

At that moment, Rasa was discussing matters with a group of high-ranking officials when Konan's sudden appearance made everyone instantly alert.

"What is it?" Rasa asked in a deep voice, his eyes fixed intently on Konan.

Konan calmly recounted the Akatsuki's proposal in detail.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a high-ranking officer standing next to Rasa jumped up, his face contorted with rage, and said, "Absolutely not! Sending our Sunagakure troops to be cannon fodder for you, to delay that Uchiha Yu? That's utterly absurd!"

Other high-ranking officials echoed this sentiment, and for a time, the council chamber was filled with dissenting voices.

Rasa did not immediately express his opinion; he frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he raised his head and said with a firm gaze, "I want to meet this Uchiha Yu in person."

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

Rasa then ordered, "Assemble the main force and head to the location guarded by Uchiha Uchiha, bringing along the village's Tailed Beast Jinchuriki."

He made no mention of the Jinchuriki being his young son, as if at that moment he was merely a warmonger making decisions for the benefit of the village.

Meanwhile, in a dense forest within the Land of Fire, Jiraiya was traveling with a squad of Anbu members led by Uzuki Yugao.

Their objective was to go to the south side of the battlefield and eliminate the Amegakure who had suddenly invaded from the flank, as well as the strange, pain-resistant White Zetsu Army!

Suddenly, Jiraiya stopped abruptly, his expression turning serious.

Upon seeing this, Uzuki Yugao quickly asked, "Lord Jiraiya, what happened?"

Jiraiya made a shushing gesture, signaling her to be quiet.

Immediately afterwards, he rapidly Hand Seal, and his chakra began to surge around him.

Not far ahead, space seemed to be torn apart, and three ninjas slowly appeared.

Upon seeing the three people's faces, Jiraiya's pupils suddenly contracted!

They had clearly witnessed something unpleasant!